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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 19m

🔥 Dylan Trigg (FWF senior researcher) spoke with the @Kurier.at about Parenthood and the changes it brings, in the article "Wie Elternschaft alles ändert" (How Parenthood Changes Everything) 👉️ Read it here: buff.ly/yDV33UY #philsky #parenthood #research @FWF-at.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Philosophy Colloquium! What is the Question about AI Consciousness? With Tim Crane. Come and listen as Tim Crane claims, in opposition to many philosophers and AI scientists, that today’s AI is not conscious, and can never be. Join us! 📅 Oct 6 ⏰️ 15:40 📍CEU buff.ly/qx5VzI9 #philsky #philevent

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

❓️ OPEN SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP? 🔥 A full tuition award to talented at-risk students from underprivileged family backgrounds who are deeply committed to social change. 🛑 More details below including eligibility but don't miss the October 15 deadline! More details: 👉️ buff.ly/023Etot #MA #gradstudy

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

PHIL COLLOQUIUM Join us next Tuesday when Jonathan Knutzen (CEU and Knowledge in Crisis project) talks about 'How False Beliefs Scaffolded Moral Knowledge'. 📅 Tuesday 29th September ⏰️ 3:40 – 5:20 pm 📍 Central European University Register here: buff.ly/BWJPBjC #philevent #philsky #moralknowledge

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PHIL Colloquium: Jonathan Knutzen, How False Beliefs Scaffolded Moral Knowledge

How False Beliefs Scaffolded Moral Knowledge

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Orientation 2026: What a week! 🎓 This september, CEU welcomed its newest cohort — including our incoming MA and PhD Philosophy students! It was a week of fun but also discovering the campus and all that CEU has to offer! More here: buff.ly/5L2rxla Take a look 👇 #philsky #studyabroad #vienna

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🗣️ COLLOQUIUM! 🎶 Contemporary Music Notation: What, and Who, Is It For? With Gabriel Rabin (NYU Abu Dhabi & NYU) 🎼 📍 Tues, 22.09 ⏰️ 3:40 pm The obvious answer is that the system is for representing music. I will argue that this answer is woefully incomplete. More info: buff.ly/us1BYI1 #philsky

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🛑JOB OPP! We are looking for a Visiting Professor! • 18 month contract • Very collegial department • In Vienna - one of the most livable cities in the world • PhD required (by start) ‼️Application deadline: 20 September! More info and application: philjobs.org/job/show/31661 #philsky #philjobs

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Visiting Professor (f/m/d), Central European University - PhilJobs:JFP Visiting Professor (f/m/d), Central European University

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

TODAY! Asst. Prof. Asya Passinsky presents "A Norm-First Account of Social Objects and Their Functions," at the workshop on "Group Agency and Metaethics,"@univie.ac.at The workshop explores the significance of the possibility of group agency for debates in metaethics, and vice versa. #philsky

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🔥 Current PhD student Balint Bekefi has published two papers this year and a third one has been accepted for publication in "Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy". 👏 Congratulations Balint! More info: 👉️ the papers: buff.ly/Kcrxma5 👉️ our programs: buff.ly/IVDFtVO #newresearch #philsky

Our current philosophy PhD student Balint Bekefi has already published two papers this year and a third one has been accepted for publication in "Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy".

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last month, Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social appeared on ABC Radio national in Australia, discussing "How smart are machines, anyway?" with David Rutledge on The Philosopher's Zone! 🔈Listen below #philsky #radionational #machines #AI

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Professor Maria Kronfeldner has been granted a CEU Teaching Development Grant for developing a new course, ‘Philosophy of Life and Ecology.’ 👏 Congratulations Maria! Read more about the TDG from #CEU here: buff.ly/Lf8LUZL #teaching #grant #philosophy

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

👀 Today at 17:30! Associate Professor Andres Moles presents "Political Manipulation and Equal Opportunity of Influence" at #ECAP12: 12th European Congress Of Analytic Philosophy as part of the Social and Political Philosophy session. Abstract: buff.ly/MtCImII #philsky #social #political

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🎇 New Publication!! Asya Passinsky has recently published "Essence and Emancipation: On Jenkins’ Ontology and Oppression" in Analysis. 📚️ Read the article here >> academic.oup.com/analysis/adv... #philsky #race #gender #socialreality

New Publication. Asya Passinsky has recently published "Essence and Emancipation: On Jenkins’ Ontology and Oppression" in Analysis.

In this article, Passinsky writes about Katharine Jenkins’ Ontology and Oppression: Race, Gender, and Social Reality book and argues that while the ‘constraints and enablements framework’ has many virtues, it fails to perspicuously represent what metaphysicians of gender are up to.

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Alumni News! Pranav Ambardekar graduated from #CEU in 2018, completing the 2-year MA in philosophy. His career path has now taken him back to his home town, where he is Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Critical Thinking at FLAME University. 👉️ Read more: buff.ly/2JKsGEP #MAPhil #Philosophy

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Late last year, Howard Robinson, professor emeritus, joined a discussion ‘Who will emerge as the next world powers?’ with David Jones, former UK Secretary of State for Wales; Prof. Daniel Nexon, Georgetown & School of Foreign Service; Chunjuan Nancy Wei, Wenzhou-Kean Uni, China. Watch👇️ #philsky

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Who Will Emerge As The Next World Powers?

In an era of deep polarization and unpredictability, how will these countries influence international diplomacy? Should the West be concerned as China, India, and other rising powers form new…

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Looking back on Graduation Day 2026! Congratulations to all our MA students who graduated this year! We look forward to seeing where you go next! If you're thinking about starting an MA Phil, find out more about our 1- or 2-year program on the CEU website: buff.ly/3sJcXBe #graduation #MAPhil #CEU

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🔥 VIENNA: Now officially #9 in the world (and #4 in mainland Europe!) in the QS Best Student Cities 2027 rankings. What better place to dive into philosophy? Our #MAPhilosophy at #CEU is now open for applications — first round closes October 15th! More info: buff.ly/MRs9wnZ #studyinvienna

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Study MA in Philosophy in Europe

Gain comprehensive training in a top analytic philosophy program in Europe with the Master of Arts in Philosophy at CEU in Vienna.

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

TODAY at 10:30 am in Australia - "Against Intelligence". In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social shares insights on how the philosophy of AI can help us tackle the real, practical problems that today's AI presents. Info 👇️ #philsky #AI

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Against Intelligence

In this Barry Taylor and David Lewis Philosophy Lecture, discover insights on how philosophy can help us tackle the real, practical problems with today's AI.

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Vladimir Lazurca (PhD 2025) is awarded the Post-DocTrack Fellowship by the OeAW @oeaw.bsky.social. It is awarded to outstanding young scholars working in the humanities and social sciences and supports the completion of publications resulting from the dissertation. More info buff.ly/iDEVyMH

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🎓 Our MA Philosophy students have graduated, and we couldn't be prouder! We commend you for the hard work you've all shown throughout your studies with us and can't wait to see where you go next! Congratulations, #ClassOf2026! 👏 Find out more about our MA at: buff.ly/3sJcXBe #Philosophy #MA

MA Philosophy Class of 2026 graduation photo!

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Professor Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social was recently a guest on the podcast, 'Working Definition'. In this new episode, Tim talks to Rebecca Lowe about consciousness. 👂️ Listen here!

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Working Definition episode 10: Consciousness, with Tim Crane

Listen now | the eleventh episode of my philosophy podcast!

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

‼️ Final day to apply for an MA Philosophy with us! Applications for a 2026/27 start close today at midnight! Find out more at our course page: www.ceu.edu/academics/de... #philsky #MAPhil #weareceu #studyvienna

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Study MA in Philosophy in Europe

Gain comprehensive training in modern philosophy and the history of philosophy with the Master of Arts in Philosophy at CEU in Vienna

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

👏 Congratulations to Klara Hulikova, Ilgar Gapagov, and Tomas Muller for receiving this year's Outstanding Achievement Award in philosophy for highest grade point average based on their coursework performance. Read more about each student and their MA theses. buff.ly/utxS8RU #philsky #weareceu

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🏆 2 honourable mentions @ #CEU Awards 2026! Katalin Farkas & Asya Passinsky placed 3rd & 4th respectively for 'Best Instructor in the Undergrad program'! 👏 Congratulations! Their achievements continue a proud streak, following Camilo Martinez (3rd) & Tim Crane (4th) in 2025. #philsky #CEUPhil

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🔥 New Publication! In the Special issue: Citizenship in the Global Struggles for Democracy, Associate Professor Szabolcs Pogonyi, publishes 'Democratic decline and the rise of illiberal citizenship in Hungary' 📍 Read it here: buff.ly/wS2ujzB #Illiberal #citizenship #democraticdecline #Hungary

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 Big news from our department: Professor Katalin Farkas, has been appointed as one of 12 editors at Noûs — one of philosophy's most prestigious journals. 👏 Congratulations, Katalin! #philsky #philosophy #CEUphilosophy #Nousjournal

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

👏 CONGRATULATIONS! Our alumnus Henrique Mendes Gonçalves (PhD 2025) has been awarded a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Institut de Philosophie - Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland starting from September 2026. Wishing Henrique all the best in his new position! #postdoc #Ceuphilosophy

Our alumnus Henrique Mendes Gonçalves (PhD 2025) has been awarded a one-year postdoctoral fellowship through the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships program. He will be based at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland @flsh.unine, starting from September 2026.

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

What is intelligence, really? At the beginning of the month, Prof. Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social & Dr. Rumman Chowdhury explored that question in a fireside chat on intelligence, human minds, AI, and what sets us apart from the machines we're building. Full recap 👇 #philsky #AI #intelligence

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AI Exposes Challenges to How We Define Intelligence

Responsible AI expert Rumman Chowdhury joined CEU’s Tim Crane for a fireside chat presented in collaboration with the European Forum Alpbach and the Austrian Science Fund.

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🏆 2 honourable mentions for our faculty at the CEU Awards 2026! Katalin Farkas & Asya Passinsky placed 3rd and 4th respectively for 'Best Instructor in the Undergrad program'! 👏 Congratulations! Their achievements continue a proud streak, following Camilo Martinez (3rd) & Tim Crane (4th) in 2025!

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Aeon @aeon.co editors selected Essays that have stood out to them with themes and ideas worth revisiting, bringing together an Editors' Picks Week. Associate professor, Cathy Mason was featured with her essay 'Why love matters most'. Read it below 👇️ #philsky #irismurdoch #love

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For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules | Aeon Essays

For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Nikhil Mahant, who completed his PhD in philosophy at CEU in 2022, writes about language in Aeon. 👾 His essay, 'Extraterrestrial tongues', imagines how aliens might communicate, prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages. Read it below 👇️ #philsky

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Why alien languages could be far stranger than we imagine | Aeon Essays

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

'LLMs cannot tell this difference between truth and untruth. They fabricate sentences by interacting with billions of texts on the Internet.... Every text is good enough if it only fits the prompt.' CEU Professor @timcrane.bsky.social talks about AI and more in der Standard! 👇 #philsky #AI

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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Yesterday, Key Researcher, Maria Kronfeldner ( @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social ), presented her talk 'Academic Freedom and Foundations of Democracy' at the Beyond Displacement: The Future of Universities and Researchers in Exile Conference in collaboration with CPVA and CEU. Continues today! #philsky

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Homepage – CPVA

Each project – for a better quality of life Project „Stasys Museum“ Learn more Administered programmes in Lithuania Administering 13 programmes with a total budget of more than €14,8 billion, we work…

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

👀 Publication! Dylan Trigg's 'Review of Susi Ferrarello, The phenomenology of pregnancy and early motherhood' was published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences in October 2025. Read the article here

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Review of Susi Ferrarello, The phenomenology of pregnancy and early motherhood, London: Routledge, 2025 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

CEU Professor Maria Kronfeldner will be at this event on Friday 5th June! Check out the link below for more info! #philsky #philosophy

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Dylan Trigg, an FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social Senior Researcher with us recently spoke to @derstandard.at about nostalgia and childhood. Read the article, 'Wie uns Geschmäcker und Gerüche in die Kindheit zurückversetzen', here >> buff.ly/qWDVD4l #derstandard #childhood #nostalgia #philosophy #philsky

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

💥 TODAY at 11am! Online and in-person Dylan Trigg, FWF Senior Researcher at the department, presents: 'Aesthetics of Catastrophe: on Nostalgia and Dead Malls' at The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz. More info and registration for zoom here 👉️ buff.ly/pid7VKz #philsky #philevent

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Dylan Trigg Aesthetics of Catastrophe: on Nostalgia and Dead Malls

With its extensive programme of public events in Florence, Berlin and elsewhere, the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz sees itself as a forum for lively, international and interdisciplinary…

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Levani Sikharulidze, has been awarded an Early-Career Scholar Prize (European Society for Analytical Philosophy) for his paper 'Trusting authoritarian propaganda or pretending to trust it?' He completed his MA studies with us, and is now undertaking his PhD in Barcelona! Congratulations 👏 #Philsky

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Tonight postdoc Camilo Martinez joins Pint of Science Austria, with his talk 'Fake Experts: A Taxonomy'. It is already sold out but read more about it here >> buff.ly/ghsNnaT Pint of Science brings researchers directly to your local bar to share their latest findings! #pint26

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🔥 TODAY! Postdoc Researcher, Lisa Doerksen, presents “Objectivity and Subjective Facts” at 'Self-Knowledge in Debate' @uni-graz.at This 2 day workshop features talks from postdocs @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social and 3 Author Meets Critics sessions on books around the topic of self-knowledge #philsky

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social, from the department and also @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social contributes a guest piece in the FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social Annual Report. He explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we handle knowledge and facts. Read it below 👇️ #philsky

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Förderbilanz und Jahresbericht des FWF

Alle Förderstatistiken des FWF zu Österreichs Grundlagenforschung im Überblick

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🔥 Today at 10am! Asya Passinsky presents her talk 'Ameliorative Metaphysics' at the Philosophy: What and How? Workshop. A 2 day joint workshop from @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social & @pace-philo.bsky.social on the nature, aims, and methods of philosophy @univie.ac.at More👇️ buff.ly/vlloblB #philsky

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Knowledge in Crisis / PACE project

Philosophy: What and How?

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Visiting Researcher Matteo Pascucci presented 'Responsibility Criteria for AI-generated Outcomes' at ASEF Class Net 19 — a teacher training programme fostering innovation, collaboration and co-creation among educators across Asia and Europe. 🎓 #ASEFClassNet19 #AIEthics #Philosophy

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19th ASEF Classroom Network - Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

Home / 19th ASEF Classroom Network

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CEU Philosophy Department @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Jonathan Knutzen, Katalin Farkas, Camilo Martinez, Matt Dougherty as the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social team, are all from the Philosophy Department here at #CEU. They completed the relay in 3h27m! Well done!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

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